Rex De Garis (29 December 1896 – 14 June 1967) was an
Australian rules football
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er who played with
St Kilda in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
De Garis was appointed as playing coach of the
Corowa Football Club
The Corowa Football Club, nicknamed the Spiders, was an Australian rules football club based in Corowa, New South Wales, that competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.
The club merged with the Wahgunyah Football Club on several occasions d ...
who played in the
Ovens and Murray Football League
The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Austral ...
in 1924.
De Garis was playing coach of
Nhill Football Club
The Nhill and District Sporting Club Inc was formed in 2001 with the amalgamation of the Nhill and District Football Club, Nhill Netball Club, Nhill Red and Nhill Blue Cricket Clubs. In 2007 The Nhill Hockey Club joined the Nhill and District S ...
in 1926.
De Garis was playing coach of
Rochester Football Club
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in 1927.
De Garis was playing coach of
Sorrento Football Club
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in 1931.
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"The Weekly Times", Rival captains in Albury match, April 5, 2020
1896 births
1967 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
St Kilda Football Club players
Prahran Football Club players
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